About Deca-BDE

Decabromodiphenyl Ether (Deca-BDE) is a highly effective brominated flame retardant which is used to prevent fires in plastics for electrical and electronic equipment as well as in contract textiles.

A cost-benefit study developed by the Swedish National Testing and Research Institute (SP) in cooperation with the Risk Assessment Institute at Utrecht University, with the aim of quantifying the gains from using flame retardants in TVs, has demonstrated that Deca-BDE used in televisions leads to reduction in TV set fires, thus decreasing the number of deaths and injuries across Europe.

For information on DecaBDE/TBBPA/HBCD regulatory status, please go to our regulatory centre.

For information on DecaBDE please download the DecaBDE factsheet.